Window-shade bracket



W. G. LESCH. wlNnow SHADE BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 8, i919.

1,363,328. Patented Dee. 28, 1920.

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PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM G. LESCI-I, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

WINDOW-SHADE BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1920.

Application led December 8, 1919. Serial No. 343,230.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLTAM G. LEsoH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in I/Yindow-Shade Brackets,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatesrto that class of window shade brackets which isformed with a screw and adapted to -be screwed by hand into a windowframe without the use of tools.

One object of the invention is to provide a bracket which will take anywidth of shade when applied to any window frame. This is accomplished byconstructing the bracket so it will fit on any part of the win dow frameand can be screwed into the corner of the molding as well as on the fiatsurface.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bracket which will notmar the finish on the window frame.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bracket which isstronger and more rigid than the usual construction of wire bracketswhile at the same time of an 1mproved design and simple and inexpensiveto manufacture.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, ashereinafter described and pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention, reference will be had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which like characters denote like parts in the severalviews, and in which:

Figure 1 is a plan View of one bracket of the pair.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same and showing it mounted in thecorner of the molding of a window frame which 1s 1n section.

Fig. 3 is the screw end elevation of the same bracket shown in Figs. 1and 2.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the second of a pair of brackets, or the onewhich supports the spring end of a window shade.

Figs. 5 and 6 are, respectively, a side elevation and an end elevationof the bracket shown in Fig. 4.

Each of the brackets is formed of a single piece of wire or othersuitable materiahrepresented by 1 in the first bracket and by 14 in thesecond bracket. In Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the screw is 3 and formed on the endof the straight top portion 2 of the bracket, which 1s then looped toform a circular opening 4 to support the round journal of the shaderoller, and continued in a horizontal line at 5. At 1 the bracket iscurved downward and forming the brace 6 is bent upward to the part 7which is curved upward and toward the screw point 3. At 8 the bracket 1slooped around the portion 2 near the inner end of the screw thread 3 andgrips tightly into the groove 9.

Anchoring the brace 6 firmly at 8 in the groove 9 makes it solid withthe top portions 2 and 5, thereby making the whole bracket stronger thanthe usual construction in which the brace is loosely wound at one endaround the top portion. This also is for the purpose of holding 8 firmlyand not allowing it to give when screwed up tightly against the surface12 of the window frame 11 as in Fig. 2. 10 is a washer, preferably.

of felt, mounted on the screw 3 and against the loop 8 to prevent thelatter from marring the window frame surface 12.

13 is the molding sectional outline of a window frame and shows how mybracket clears it when screwed into a corner, which is not possible withthe usual construction where the brace extends at a right angle to thescrew portion and so requires a flat surface the full depth of thebrace. Also in the latter construction the brace mars the window framethe full depth of the brace when screwed in on account of giving wherelooped around the screw.

In Figs. 4, 5 and 6, 16 is the screw, 15 and 24 the straight topportions between which is formed a downwardly projecting loop 17 to holdthe fiat spring end of the shade roller. 18 is the brace which is bentdownward at 14 and diagonally up at 19 (see Fig. 6) to the portion 2Owhich curves upward and toward the screw 16. 22 is a groove into whichthe end 2l is bent and firmly grips. 23 is the washer the same as 10 onbracket 1. These washers are preferably made with a hole slightlysmaller than the largest part of the threads on screws 3 and 16 to holdthem in vplace while being handled.

The operation of my bracket will be readily apparent from the abovedescription andthe drawings.

I claimzff V1. A Window shade bracket made of wire llO said Wire forminga loop held in said reduced section and the remaining portion oi `saidWire Shaped to form a Support for a shade and a brace for said support.l5

In testimony whereof I ailiX my Signature in the presence of twosubscrlhmg Witnesses.

l/VILLIAM Gr. LESCH.

Vitnesses GUSTAVE LESCH, CHARLES B.l MoULTHRoP.

